https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Rinko_Kawauchi

For my project I want to research and learn more about spiritual connotations within photography. I started by researching some photographers because I wanted to annotate certain images that contained a spiritual connection. The word spiritual means relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things such as the body. The word spiritual creates religious connotations however I don’t plan to lead into religious aspects. The spirituality that I intend to focus on in my project is the purity and depth within insignificant events and scenes. I aim to capture the small details of everyday that people perceive as insignificant and portray them in a more detailed, beautiful way. All though these objects and events may seem insignificant they lead onto and contain a much more deeper sentiment.

The images below are by Rinko Kawauchi and they are examples of images that contain spiritual and deeper connotations. Although the images captured are events and objects that happen and are seen everyday, the way that Kawauchi frames them makes them unique and pure. Her series of images are bright and highly detailed which helps emphasise the spiritual elements.